Example sentences of "for the time " in BNC.
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| 31 | I GIVE my estate free of all taxes and duties to the Royal Air Forces Association ( Registered charity No. 226686 ) whose Central Headquarters is at 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London , W4 3RX and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the said Association shall be sufficient discharge to my executors or trustees . |
| 32 | The book helped him and satisfied his mind for the time . |
| 33 | For later he also believed that the motor accident and its consequences could have destroyed his morale but for the tranquil worship of the little Oxfordshire village which for the time was his base . |
| 34 | Through Hoskyns he had come for the time under the influence of the leader of anti-rational European theology , Karl Barth , who at this moment was back in Basle after being expelled from Germany by the Nazis . |
| 35 | As a sign of the future , Ernest Bevin , Minister of Labour , and one of the senior Labour Party ministers , said his party had rather different views on the matter , but would accept the general proposals for the time being . |
| 36 | Eastern winds have brought what had been fair sport back to a normal level for the time of year . |
| 37 | The snow is much worse as I finally move out , and the only consolation for the time it has taken is being alone , and arriving late so that the others have already begun on the tent and wood collecting . |
| 38 | In many ways , it 's the most radical BMW you can buy , with styling that , for the time being , bucks the house style , a chassis that refuses to oversteer and a facia that follows a trend instead of setting one . |
| 39 | It was cold for the time of year . |
| 40 | For the time being , he ceased to be a cloistered academic and became once more the son of the police-court solicitor in Belfast , the city where the most popular political slogan at election times was ‘ Vote early , vote often ’ . |
| 41 | Make the most of British pork because prices are low for the time of year . |
| 42 | I bequeath to the Association for the Propagation of the Faith , English Branch , the sum of £ and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or National Director ( for the time being ) shall be a good discharge . |
| 43 | I bequeath to St Joseph 's Society for Foreign Missions the sum of £ and I declare that the receipt of the Superior General or of the Rector ( for the time being ) of St Joseph 's College , Mill Hill , London shall be a good discharge . |
| 44 | Please do n't send us any more slides for the time being . |
| 45 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 46 | For the time being , Baggio seems to be more in opposition to Donadoni than to Giannini , since the last mentioned has always seemed to be a favourite son of Vicini , one of that select group of players who matriculated along with the manager from the Italian under-21 side to the senior team . |
| 47 | Mr Murdoch 's empire recently admitted that mounting debts were taking a toll of its finances — an admission which analysts interpreted as a sign that the group , which owns five British national newspapers , would not be making any purchases for the time being . |
| 48 | More likely , for the time being , is a return to political and constitutional deadlock — though with full and final partition of the fragmented country looming larger than ever . |
| 49 | More likely , for the time being , is a return to political and constitutional deadlock — though with full and final partition of the fragmented country looming larger than ever . |
| 50 | The likelihood that , after all the fanfare and ultimatums , it is not going to happen , or at least not for the time being , is another boost for the ‘ rebel ’ general in his lonely defiance of Lebanon 's Muslims — indeed , a good many of its Christians , too — much of the Arab world , and international communities . |
| 51 | Despite calls for its closure on safety grounds , the Leaning Tower of Pisa is to remain open for the time being , the mayor said yesterday . |
| 52 | The Government also disclosed that the present method of assessing parental contributions according to parents ' residual income , after tax and mortgage payments , is to be retained for the time being . |
| 53 | Realism was n't really on the agenda for the time being . |
| 54 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 55 | West Germany : ‘ the nuclear construction programme of the German utilities has practically come to an end for the time being . ’ |
| 56 | Two events occurred that ensured , for the time being at least , no such a change in Congressional attitudes would occur . |
| 57 | That , too , should mollify the Americans — at least , for the time being . |
| 58 | For the time being , however , the weaknesses resulting from long supply lines and independent parts producers are being outweighed by other strengths , compared with American and European rivals . |
| 59 | For the time being , this looks like the end of the Swedish spending spree . |
| 60 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |